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Color footage of Memphis Belle during WWII • B-17 bomber

Historic color footage of the Memphis Belle B-17 bomber with her famous flight crew and other B-17s during WWII. Memphis Belle is the nickname of the Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress that was one of the ...
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When This B-17 Lost Its Entire Nose — This Crew Flew 10 Minutes Pulling Bare Cables

Why First Lieutenant Ewald Swanson's crew flew a B-17 by pulling bare control cables with their hands during WW2 —[...] ...
Popular Science

80 years ago, a WWII B-17 bomber crashed in the Baltic. Scientists are finally learning who was onboard.

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. A team of marine archaeologists is one step closer to identifying an ...
The National Interest

A B-17 Bomber Is Being Restored—After Years as a Gas Station Ornament!

The B-17G Flying Fortress that Art Lacey bought never saw combat in World War II—but spent decades overlooking a gas station in western Oregon. A particular Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, known today as ...
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How a WWII bomber returned from combat with no crew onboard

In November 1944, a U.S. B-17 bomber returned from a mission with no crew aboard. The aircraft flew for miles and made a violent but survivable landing on its own. Soldiers who searched the plane ...
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Slowly but surely, volunteers plan to make this WWII-era B-17 bomber fly again: 'This is not work; this is just fun'

SALEM, Ore. — In Salem, a group of volunteers are on a years-long mission to restore a B-17 bomber that long sat on top of a Milwaukie gas station. "Everybody knew where the bomber was," Terry Scott, ...